Police departments keep replacing Flock with Axon, Motorola, and other brands of tech. Same privacy violations, different flavors. Get all of them out.

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 3d ago

"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/

Pretty incredible thread on abuse of Flock cameras by law enforcement.

Late Night Anti-Fascists@latenightafa.bsky.social · 4w ago

Do we have a thread of police abusing Flock surveillance yet? Flock abuse thread 🧵📌

Do we have a thread of police abusing Flock surveillance yet? Flock abuse thread 🧵📌

404 Media@404media.co · last mo.

A Florida police officer met a woman on a TV set, surveilled her for weeks, stalked her, and nearly caused a head-on collision while chasing her to pull her over.

NEW Aug 4 2026 Police Used Flock’s License Plate Network to Stalk Women in at Least 50 Cases The Flock abuse tally keeps growing. 📈

Police Used Flock's License Plate Network to Stalk Women in at Least 50 Cases

Flock Safety license plate reader stalking cases now number at least 50 nationwide, with officers exploiting the 120,000-camera network to track ex-partners and women without a warrant, case number, o...

techtimes.com

NEW Aug 5 2026 - Mooresville, NC 1 Mooresville officer arrested (Elizabeth Snowman), 10 others under investigation for misuse of Flock cameras

1 Mooresville officer arrested, 10 others under investigation for misuse of Flock cameras

"It all goes up in smoke when you have cops like this violating the system," the Mooresville police chief said.

mooresvilletribune.com

Our thoughts are with those in Madison who have been taking action in memory of Corey Ruiz, doing their best to ensure that police cannot murder people with impunity. Resistance to ICE and resistance to police must converge. It is the same struggle. crimethinc.com/antipolice2025

Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · yesterday

Community members are re-liberating space tonight from killer cops in Madison, Wisconsin. Here’s a still image from a live feed filmed about an hour ago, community members can be heard chanting, “Say his name, Corey Ruiz.”

Thomas777 is a neo-Nazi w ties to old school boneheads in the Chicago area. He's become a fash intellectual & took his carefully curated hipster costumes w him to Jared Taylor's annual AmRen conf - a gathering of white nationalists like Patriot Front - in 2023. Young bucks revere him as an old head.

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14h ago

In that same interview, TC’s favorite “historian” talks about writing the foreword to a new book by Thomas777. That Thomas fellow (pictured below) has said that "Hitler will be remembered in 1,000 years as the warlord who prevented Soviet world domination."

In a lawsuit about DHS overreach, the government is trying to force the protestors to turn over all their Signal chats and explain who is running them. “You shouldn’t have to give up that First Amendment right to expressive association if you need to sue to protect your First Amendment rights”

DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats

A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.

wired.com

god’s work

Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night

Winona's 8 Flock Safety license plate cameras were stolen and poles cut overnight, leaving a $24,000 gap and no suspects.

gadgetreview.com

Can't imagine why anyone might want to do such a thing... How Flock Cameras Turned a Legal Road Trip Into Probable Cause www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

How Flock Cameras Turned a Legal Road Trip Into Probable Cause

Flock Safety ALPR cameras helped Wisconsin deputies cite a driver's legal Michigan trips as probable cause to search his car for marijuana.

yahoo.com

Griff "Grza" Sombke@grza.bsky.social · 5h ago

:) Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen futurism.com/future-socie...

Train and arm yourself, form networks and crews, get to a safe city or state if possible, and fight these monsters every step of the way. Community Defense and solidarity are the corner stones of queer liberation.

Mx Maddison Stoff@thedescenters.bsky.social · 4h ago

This woman was beaten by a mob for *standing outside of a woman's bathroom* in Louisiana, not even going in, and they've literally just fabricated several charges against her and her partner anyway to justify abusing them further. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/a-mo... On the up side...

Also, Aug 1 2026 - Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows

Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows

New FBI data shows case closure rates for the Atlanta Police Department have not improved despite thousands of ALPRs installed since 2021.

futurism.com

NEW Aug 5 2026 - WI / MI Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed Via @404media.co

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

404media.co

NEW Aug 4 2026 - Reynoldsburg, OH Documents detail alleged misuse of Flock cameras by 2 Reynoldsburg officers (Mark Nichols II and Alissa Birkhimer)

NEW Aug 4 2026 - Coweta Co., GA 3 former sheriff’s office employees accused of misusing Flock Safety System after audit

3 former sheriff’s office employees accused of misusing Flock Safety System after audit

More former law enforcement staff, this time in the metro Atlanta area, accused of misusing Flock Safety System tools.

wsbtv.com

NEW Aug 3 2026 - Brentwood, MO Brentwood officer accused of using license plate reader to stalk ex-wife

Brentwood officer accused of using license plate reader to stalk ex-wife

A Brentwood police officer is accused of using an automated license plate reader to stalk his ex-wife during a contentious divorce, but investigators determined no crime was committed under Missouri l...

firstalert4.com

For August's Antifa Action of the Month, we want you to inject some anti-fascism into your summer reading. See our recommends here: antifaintl.substack.... #antifa, #summerreading, #antifaactionofthemonth, #antifascism, #antifascist, #antifascismo

WPPI is a neo-Nazi group larping as a think tank. You can read some info about it in an @anoncomrades.bsky.social dossier on James Kreger aka 'James Karlsson' from a while back:

hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 6d ago

The True Texas Project and Young Republicans are hosting multiple events in Texas next month with the head of a self-styled white nationalist "think tank," the White Papers Policy Institute. WPPI promotes mass deportations and "remigration." It has strong ties to major white nationalist groups.

“Seattle Center is extensively surveilled. Surveillance did not prevent these deaths.” “Surveillance did not stop the shooting on Aurora in North Seattle last Thursday nor the recent shooting on Capital Hill. Cameras don't stop bullets.”

Our Seattle@ourseattle.bsky.social · last wk.

Community Not Cameras coalition statement on the recent gun violence tragedy at the Seattle Center @mayor.seattle.gov

The Flock police abuse thread keeps going and going...

Late Night Anti-Fascists@latenightafa.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEW July 31 - Savannah, GA SIX Savannah police employees placed on leave over alleged Flock misuse

A second Baytown investigation has hit the news cycle - NEW July 31 - Baytown, TX Flock Watch: Baytown police officer accused of misusing Flock camera system resigns

Flock Watch: Baytown police officer accused of misusing Flock camera system resigns

The Baytown police officer accused of allegedly misusing the department’s Flock Safety System resigned Wednesday.

baytownsun.com

For wearing a "Fuck Transphobia" shirt

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 5d ago

so, the stooges came back and asked my friend to leave her seat and tried to convince her that she had to change her shirt... we are currently being effectively escorted out of a building that is currently asking for untold millions of our tax dollars

Happy Fuck ICE Friday! From our comrades in Echo Park Los Angeles.

This is an incredible project. Follow @pacantifa.is 👇

Pacific Antifascist Research Collective@pacantifa.is · 5d ago

Here is our full list of all 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a single image. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children.

Garret Reinhart is number #123 on our list of CBP/ICE sexual predators.

Pacific Antifascist Research Collective@pacantifa.is · 5d ago

Garret Reinhart, 37, a Customs & Border Protection branch chief from the Atlanta, GA area, was arrested on Oct. 12, 2023 for conspiracy and loitering after he used a dating app to arrange sex in an East Point, GA park with an undercover officer. He arrived with condoms and lubricant, police said.

Darrolyn Simmons is number #124 on our list of CBP/ICE sexual predators.

Pacific Antifascist Research Collective@pacantifa.is · 5d ago

Darrolyn Simmons, 55, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer from Locust Grove, Georgia, was arrested on Sept. 25, 2025 for pandering — soliciting sex for money — as one of five men caught in a joint GBI/Henry County Police Dept. human-trafficking sting that recovered a woman being exploited.

Even though they are behind anti-fascists, it's important to know that the far right is actively improving their opsec well seeking out their enemies for revenge. Don't panic, but prepare accordingly.

Here is our full list of all 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a single image. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children.

NEW July 31 - Savannah, GA SIX Savannah police employees placed on leave over alleged Flock misuse

Six Savannah police employees placed on leave over alleged Flock misuse

Savannah Police say six employees are facing investigation after an internal audit uncovered potential misuse of a license plate reader system.

wjcl.com

WPPI is a neo-Nazi group larping as a think tank. You can read some info about it in an @anoncomrades.bsky.social dossier on James Kreger aka 'James Karlsson' from a while back:

hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 6d ago

The True Texas Project and Young Republicans are hosting multiple events in Texas next month with the head of a self-styled white nationalist "think tank," the White Papers Policy Institute. WPPI promotes mass deportations and "remigration." It has strong ties to major white nationalist groups.